My first shot a blurring water falls and I would like some feedback on what everyone thinks of it. I know its a bit overexposed and that I need some kind of N.D. filter. I also figure you have tips and suggestion I could use. I'm just getting out of point and shoot and into real photography so I'm like a sponge ready to soak up everything!... I used a Olimpus E-410 with a kit lens.
ISO: 100
Exposure: 2.5 sec
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal Length: 39mm
The picture was taken at Firery Gizzard wilderness in Tennessee...

Excellent composition and execution. Perhaps a tad overexposed - with regards the the left of the frame. I'm going to mention one of my favourite landscape filters - the ND filter. Did you happen to use one? It would certainly help with preventing overexposure with long shutter speeds.

Thats what got me going Gordon! Nick 12984 steer me to it . If you have the time to keep those tutorials, going please do, they are very helpful. So are your evaluation of the crameras and lenses. Thanks!

Niiiice.... very nice !Did you do any edit or are those pictures as they came out from the camera?

Because of some overexposer, I had to clean it up and crop it. Some day I hope to be good enough to stare it into beautiful submission. hee hee
Until then I'll be happy tripping over my on two left feet and learning from it...Dave

I had a go at some simiilar pictures recently and very quickly noticed that the slower shutter speed caused the image to be overexposed as too much light flooded in. What steps can I take to prevent this, and how much help is an ND filter? I already have a polariser.

Reduce the ISO and then if you plan to use a filter, a plain ND may be best - this doesn't have a gradient and is plain throughout, so it reduces light equally throughout your frame. Otherwise a CPL "turned off" could also reduce the light by a stop or so.